{"podcast":{"title":"Unintended Consequences","slug":"unintended-consequences-6333409","podcast_index_feed_id":6333409,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/643947a1309d10001195d3e7","website_url":"https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/643947a1309d10001195d3e7/1681475504523-083b877548b3ed611071f22874011b4a.jpeg","author":"Cato Institute","episode_count":26,"summary":"Unintended Consequences is the podcast of Regulation magazine, produced by the Cato Institute. Hosted by Peter Van Doren and Paul Matzko, the show explores how government interventions can have surprising—and often negative—consequences. Drawing from Regulation 's in-depth policy analysis and cover stories, each episode unpacks the gap between policymakers’ intentions and the real-world outcomes that follow. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T22:20:33.611819+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unintended-consequences-6333409"},"episode":{"title":"Is Public Funding Actually Bad for Public Media?","slug":"is-public-funding-actually-bad-for-public-media","published_at":"2025-07-11T14:42:09+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unintended-consequences-6333409/is-public-funding-actually-bad-for-public-media","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unintended-consequences-6333409","url":"https://www.cato.org/multimedia/unintended-consequences/public-funding-actually-bad-public-media","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/643947a1309d10001195d3e7/e/687122c2610560d3ef5153a4/media.mp3","summary":"The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which subsidizes National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, received half a billion dollars from the federal government each year. While budget battles over the amount of funding are routine, there are more fundamental questions at stake. Join Peter Van Doren and Paul Matzko as they dig into the surprising, partisan history of the origins of public media and the unintended consequences of government subsidies. In conjunction with Regulation Magazine Summer 2025 edition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"The Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which subsidizes National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, received half a billion dollars from…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1917,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unintended-consequences-6333409/episodes/is-public-funding-actually-bad-for-public-media/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unintended-consequences-6333409/is-public-funding-actually-bad-for-public-media.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}